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#  Dec 03, 2008 at 11:05 AM
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Ive been trying to become a better demo lately, and ive been doing lots of dm/airshot practise, and as such my pipe skills are much improved. However, this has sort of neglected the general gameplay of play ing the class, so it would be great if anyone could inform me on the areas I need to improve on, Dro0g has pointed out a few things already, but still, its better to get a wider range of views and such

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#  Dec 03, 2008 at 11:31 AM
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how long is the demo?
#  Dec 03, 2008 at 11:40 AM
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probably just under 30 minutes
#  Dec 03, 2008 at 11:42 AM
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I will take a look once I get home, hopefully.

#  Dec 03, 2008 at 12:14 PM
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I'll try to take a look too.
#  Dec 03, 2008 at 12:20 PM
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Awesome, thanks
#  Dec 03, 2008 at 4:53 PM
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OK. I watched your demo.
A lot of your issues will be smoothed out if you play a lot more 6v6. Things like game flow and strategy were working against you in this example.  There were times you were in the wrong place and it cost you because your team couldn't assist.

Some tips:

Its ok to let your stickies lay. You shot a lot of stickies and blew them up on nothing. Then you reloaded constantly. This also announced your exact position. Also, sometimes you'd shoot at something and you blew them up before they even reached what you were fireing at.  Once, you blocked the escape route for the enemy medic with stickies but you detonated them before he even got there. You would have had that kill but the soldier got it instead.

Lay more traps. Bread and butter demomanning.  In 6v6 one of the best things you can do is shut down one of the choke points so your solies can take care of the other one.  

Learn sticky placement.  This is key for 1v1 deathmatching. You seemed to shoot behind your targets at close range with stickies.  Then you'd realize you were missing and switch to your grenade launcher.  But you wasted too much time with the missed stickies and you were mostly dead by the time the first pipe flew.

Stickies are your main weapon.  Sometimes you'd throw a couple stickies, injure your target, and then swap to your nade launcher and wiff on 4 pipes and your target would escape or kill you. Just launch more stickies to finish 'em. Not every kill has to be finished with pipes.

 Take care with your shots. You only get 2 or 3 and they have to hit or you're dead. If you shoot with purpose rather than spamming you'll be more successful.

Lower your sensitivity.  Try playing with a lower sensitivity for a week. I think your aim will improve and you'll be more successful. 

Be less suicidal. On the initial fight for the center point you killed yourself by jumping into 4 or 5 enemies almost everytime.  Be a little more diliberate.  Don't force it. Sometimes demo-bombs work, but the team has to be spread out first.

I hope this helps. Don't be too hard on yourself and keep practicing. If you ever want to duel or get in a server and work out anything just steam me.

Monkee.
#  Dec 03, 2008 at 5:07 PM
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I was thinking about doing the exact same thing... I've been trying to get well-rounded.
#  Dec 03, 2008 at 5:12 PM
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Although I only watched the first 25~ mins of the demo, and monkee almsot completly covered everything, but my conclusion is:

Switch between main weapons- Like Monkee said try to switch between nades or sticky during a battle, sometimes I switch between those two weapons 2~3 times.  You can never win with only either stickies or nades, only the combination of the two, and that is the reason why demos are deeply feared by opponents.

Be aware of your Ammo- This goes almost only for nades, you only got 4 and they are your best bet against close range enemies such as scouts and sometimes soldiers.

Damage for each weapon- a nade launcher does 65-120 damage I think which is very inconsistent, but 2 nades and a sticky should be able to finish a unbuffed soldier, so the point is try to limit the weapons you are gonna use on each enemy, don't force yourself to reload at the wrong situation.

Try to stick with teamates- A stray demo with no medics will often get picked off by a scout or soldier, so try to stick with your team or at least a medic, this makes your life a lot more better.

Tip: some may not agree with me but sometimes when I try to kill a enemy running away or  I am at a weird angle to attack, try to jump or slightly move your mouse to the direction of the enemy, this may work or not work for you.

Don't know if you will listen to this or not.
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